Virgin Atlantic flight attendants are pretty hard to miss. There are the ketchup-red blazers and pencil skirts, for one, with or without a jaunty, colorful neckerchief to match. There are the sensible shoes that are both professional and polished but can also withstand hours of wear while one’s feet swell up. There are the, I don’t know, Virgin Atlantic name tags that indicate, “HI. I WORK HERE. IN CASE THE ALL-RED OUTFIT AND ME VIGILANTLY WATCHING THESE OVERHEAD BINS DIDN’T TIP YOU OFF.”
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Michaela Coel, the British creator and star of the Netflix series Chewing Gum, did not at all resemble a Virgin Atlantic flight attendant when she took a recent flight on the airline. And yet, apparently, she was mistaken for one.
In a tweet Coel posted Monday evening, Coel wrote: “Congratulations to Virgin Atlantic passengers once again! A lady just confused me for a hostess and asked me to clean up her mess and increase the flight temp.”
Coel then included a side-by-side comparison of what she was wearing and what the flight attendants were wearing, for the “Well, what if ... ” crowd.
Coel was wearing a black hoodie. No neckerchief. No name tag. Just a simple black hoodie.
Hrmmm. I wonder what that Virgin Atlantic passenger could have been seeing that confused her so?
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